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ABC signed up for Nielsen’s National Out-of-Home Reporting Service. This agreement provides ABC with OOH viewing data, including ratings for all content aired on the network for live-plus-seven days of time-shifted viewing.

Trying to gauge what it can sell directly to cord cutters, NBC is launching its direct-to-consumer product, Premier League. Though NBC will air 250 matches on its television networks, it’s planning to move 130 games to its stream.

Nexstar Broadcasting Group reported record financial results for the second quarter, which included net revenue of $626 million. It was the first full quarter following the company’s acquisition of Media General.

"There's been such an outpouring of love from the fans," Greenblatt said. "Will & Grace" closed its initial run with an average 8.6M viewers. If the reboot delivers even a third of those targeted viewers, it will be judged a howling success.

CBS Corp signed a deal for its shows to feature on AT&T Inc's DirecTV Now online streaming service. Under the agreement, DirecTV Now will stream CBS, CBS Sports, the CW channel and many of CBS' local broadcast stations. Customers will also have the option to buy a subscription to CBS' premium Showtime network.

When NBCU merged its linear and digital sales teams in 2015, its client partnerships team assumed a greater role within its sales organization. Led by client partnerships EVP Ali Tarrant, they became the broadcaster’s conduit to brand marketers and CMOs, with their reach extending beyond broadcast television.

The E.W. Scripps Co. reported 2Q revenue from its television group of $193 million, up about 1% from the prior-year quarter. Retransmission revenue increased $12.6 million, and political advertising revenue declined $5.9 million in the second quarter of 2017.